Image: Physical features of dinosaurs
Diagram of Eoraptor skeleton showing the main physical features that all dinosaurs share.
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The main physical features that all dinosaurs share are:
- Hole in skull between eye socket and nostril
- Two holes in skull behind eye socket
- Ankle that bends in single plane like a hinge
- Hip socket with hole in centre
- Limbs held directly under the body
- Three or more sacral (located near pelvis) vertebrae
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